Employment Opportunities
Benefits
Drexel Barrell offers excellent pay and opportunities for advancement. Our employee benefits include: company sponsored 401(k) plan, employee medical, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition to paid vacation and sick leave, our employees receive at least 7-1/2 paid holidays per year.
How to Respond
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with a complete job history, description of experience, education, licensing,
employment references, pay history, and salary requirements to:
Drexel Barrell Careers
Positions Available
Traffic & Transportation Department Lead Engineer
Position:
Drexel, Barrell & Co. is a Premier Civil Engineering and Land Surveying consultant, serving Colorado since 1949! Our company is headquartered in Lafayette with a branch office in Colorado Springs, and our services include general Civil Engineering, Surveying, Roadway, Traffic, Water Resources, and Construction Engineering.
For over 70 years, we have completed many large, historical projects, and we have an immediate opening for an ambitious Traffic & Transportation Department Lead Engineer to join our team!
You can be stationed in either our Lafayette office or Colorado Springs office, while still assisting both offices on different projects. The job outline is as follows:
Schedule:
- Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
- As needed to accommodate workloads
Type:
- Full Time
- In office / hybrid
Pay:
Competitive With Experience
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
A wide variety of transportation and traffic engineering duties such as roadway, intersection/ traffic signal design, traffic impact studies, and related services for the public and private sector.
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Supervise and coordinate-
- Operations
- Performance and long-term goals of the Department
- Ensure the department attains pre-agreed performance goals
- Supervising technical staff as assigned
- Staff Evaluations, and feedback on employee performance
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Participation in:
- Policy Making
- Budgeting
- Strategic Planning for the Department
- Marketing
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Preparing:
- Proposals (as well as making presentations)
- Budgets
- Billing Reviews
- Oversee effective operating results and strategic planning
- Produce engineering plans and reports
- Assuring quality control
- Represent the company and the office at public hearings and meetings concerning our projects.
This Position Requires:
- Professional Engineer (P.E.)
- Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)
- Bachelor Of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE)
- Your continuous registration as a Colorado Professional Engineer (P.E) and PTOE (listed above). Drexel Barrell will pay for your occasional renewal fees and required continuing education courses.
Knowledge and Skills Preferred:
- MS Office Suite
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Traffic Modeling Software (Synchro, etc.)
- 15 years of experience in Traffic/Transportation Engineering
- 5 years of experience in Supervisory and Project Management role
- Understand the government Client side and their needs
- Mentors and provide professional development for assigned staff.
- Design Build and Public/Private Delivery Methods
- Other innovative transportation infrastructure project design and delivery methods would be an added bonus
- Knowledge of Federal, CDOT and Municipal Transportation programs throughout Colorado.
- Excellent business communication skills.
- Ability to make important decisions.
- Ability to work with and motivate others.
- Provides complete management skills including marketing, technical, administrative, and financial expertise (as listed in above responsibilities)
Insurance Benefits Include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- 401k Matched up to 4%
- Group Life Insurance
- Additional Life Insurance available
- Long-Term Disability
- Worker’s Compensation
Paid Benefits Include:
- Holiday Pay
- Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
If you have an interest in working with the recognized quality leader in civil engineering and land surveying, please respond by emailing your resume and references to kcooper@drexelbarrell.com.
Via mail? Send to:
Drexel, Barrell & Co. Attn: HR
1376 Miners Dr. Ste 107
Lafayette, CO 80026.
Visit our website at www.drexelbarrell.com for more information about our firm.
Field Surveyor
Colorado Springs Office
Drexel, Barrell & Co., a premier civil engineering and land surveying consultant, serving Colorado since 1949, seeks qualified applicants in our Colorado Springs Office for:
Field Surveyor -- Position requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience in performing ALTA's, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, construction staking and calculations. Experience with GPS, robotics and conventional survey technologies and techniques required. Requires a valid driver's license and good driving record. Excellent and competitive wages depending on experience. Having passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying exam and having a working knowledge of AutoCad are a plus.
Drexel, Barrell & Co. is headquartered in Lafayette with a branch office in Colorado Springs. Our services include general civil engineering, surveying, roadway, traffic, water resources, and construction engineering.
Our employee benefits include: a company sponsored 401(k) Retirement Plan, medical/dental/vision insurance, and life/long-term disability insurance. In addition to paid vacation and sick leave, our employees receive at least 7½ paid holidays per year.
Experience:
- AutoCAD: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License
- Surveyor License (Preferred)
Schedule:
- 8-hour shift
- Opportunities for overtime and out of town projects within Colorado
Water Resources Engineer
Drexel, Barrell & Company has been serving Colorado communities for over 70 years. We have an immediate opening for an ambitious Water Resources engineer. This position offers the ability to work either in the office (Lafayette) or remotely if necessary. The position requires a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, a CO PE license, and 8 or more years of progressive experience in public sector with water resources engineering. The following knowledge and skills are desired.
Knowledge and Skills
- Rational Method and Unit Hydrology methods for calculating runoff
- Water quality, inlet/spread, and detention calculations
- Riverine hydraulic analysis, including floodway and scour analyses
- Bridge and culvert analysis and design
- Floodplain and floodway mapping in both CAD and GIS
- Temporary and permanent erosion control and stormwater management
- Floodplain permitting for no-rise certifications
- FEMA CLOMR and LOMR submittals
- Scope and fee preparation for proposals
- Support role in design plan preparation, specifications, and cost estimating
Models and Programs
- CAD and GIS
- HEC-HMS, SWMM, Peak FQ, StreamStats
- HY-8, Culvert Master, Flow Master, Hydraflow (in CAD)
- GeoHecRas, HEC-RAS
Attributes
- Report preparation experience and good technical writing skills
- Self-motivated and efficient with task and project completion
- Works well with engineers, surveyors, and technicians in multiple groups
- Ability to coordinate with various private, local, state, and federal entities on projects, as well as other consultants and subconsultants
- Good time and task management skills
How to apply
If you have an interest in working with a recognized quality leader in civil engineering and land surveying, please respond by emailing your resume and references to careers@drexelbarrell.com. If via mail, send to: Drexel, Barrell & Co., Attn: HR, 1376 Miners Drive, Lafayette, CO 80026.